TOEFL iBT Requirements of the Top Universities in Asia
* Rankings are from QS World University Rankings 2023.
* Requirements of TOEFL iBT scores are from the school's official website, updated November 2022.
* Please visit the schools' websites or contact the school directly for the latest information before applying.
TOEFL iBT scores are accepted by all the top universities across Aisa.

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People's Repulic of China

Malaysia

Institution

TOEFL iBT Requirement

11

National University of Singapore(NUS)92

12Peking University80(Overseas Exchange Programs)

14Tsinghua University

93 (Overseas Exchange Programs)

19

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore(NTU)90

21

The University of Hong Kong

93

23

The University of Tokyo

100

29Seoul National University

80

34

Fudan University

80

36

Kyoto University

80

38

The Chinese University of Hong Kong(CUHK)

7940

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

80

42

KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

83

42

Zhejiang University

95 (English courses exemption for Postgraduate programs)

46

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

79 (Overseas Exchange Programs)

54

City University of Hong Kong

79

55

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)

No minimum requirement

65

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

80

68

Osaka University

80

70

Universiti Malaya (UM)60

71

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

79

73

Yonsei University

No minimum requirement

74

Korea University

No minimum requirement

77

National Taiwan University (NTU)

79

79

Tohoku University

79

94

University of Science and Technology of China

80 (English courses exemption for Postgraduate programs)

99

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

No minimum requirement

106

King Abdulaziz University (KAU)

34 (Reading 5, Listening 5, Speaking 11, Writing 11)

112

Nagoya University

80

123

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

60

129

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

68

133

Nanjing University

79

135

Kyushu University

80

141

Hokkaido University

79

143

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

42

150

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

No minimum requirement

155

Indian Institute of Science

79

157

Hanyang University

80

160

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

No minimum requirement

172

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

80

174

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)

96

177

National Tsing Hua University

No minimum requirement

181

Khalifa University

61

194

Wuhan University

79 (Taught Postgraduate Programs)

197

Keio University

No minimum requirement

197

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

No minimum requirement

78Singapore

Sino-foreign joint venture universities
Institution

TOEFL iBT Requirement

UIC

65

Israel Institute of Technology

85

DUKE KUNSHAN UNIVERSITY

90203

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

46

University of Nottingham

79

205

Waseda University

No Minimum Requirement

NYU SHANGHAI

100281

Hong Kong Baptist University

79

WENZHOU-KEAN UNIVERSITY

79

284

Taylor's University

No Minimum Requirement

The Graduate School of CUHK-Shenzhen

79

304

University of Macau

79

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

62

312

University of Tsukuba

61

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(Guangzhou)

80

581

590

Macau University of Science and Technology

79

601

650

Lingnan University, Hong Kong79